Coalition governments

Energy cooperation, regional security and the management of migration flows will be on the agenda as Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras holds talks with Egyptian and Cypriot leaders in Cairo Tuesday.

Greek parliament approved in principle on Friday a bill on migration activating the EU-Turkey agreement and allowing the return of refugees to Turkey as of Monday, with 169 votes in favour and 107 against.

SYRIZA, ANEL, the Democratic Coalition and Potami voted in favour of the bill, while New Democracy, Golden Dawn, the Communist Party and the Centrists’ Union voted it down.

The statements of Alternate Minister for Migration Policy Yannis Mouzalas who called FYROM ‘Macedonia’ led to political turmoil and intergovernmental crisis and threatens the stability of government.

The decision of the government to appoint the husband of a SYRIZA MP to a state company with no clear job object has caused the political and social uproar.

An ideological rift between the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) ruling party and its junior coalition party member Independent Greeks (ANEL) has resulted following the submission of the bill that allows for same-sex partnership rights. ANEL’s position is to vote against the first 14 articles of the bill that give the LGBT community the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.

The parliament of Moldova passed a vote of no confidence in the country's pro-European coalition government.

A total of 65 out of 101 MPs voted in favour of the censure motion on Thursday, TASS news agency informs.

Romania expressed concern about the continuing political uncertainty in the neighbouring country after former Moldovan prime minister and leader of the ruling pro-European coalition, Vlad Filat, was detained on Thursday on suspicion of involvement in a $1.5 billion bank fraud.

The Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) government may have promised to scrap the controversial joint property tax (ENFIA), but it is now backtracking on its plans. Not only is it going to keep the crushing land tax in tact, but it will be extended to include real estate property owned by Greek citizens outside Greece.

JP Morgan and Chase released a detailed analysis of the Greek general election on September 20 and the prospective outcomes. The credit agency predicts that a new ruling coalition will mark a shift to the political center.

Productive Reconstruction and Energy Minister Panos Skourletis had a phone contact on Tuesday with the Russian Minister of Energy Alexander Novak. The two officials discussed the accelerations of the preparation procedures for the 9th Joint Interministerial Committee meeting in November.